Cooking apparatus.



v UNITED erAnrs` PATENT OFFICE. f

JOHN s. BAKER, oF Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,` AssIGNoR rro ANDFRsoN-PARN GRovFR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, oF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION oF CALIFORNIA,

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN S. BAKERi a citizen of the United States,.residingl at Los Angeles, in thel county of Los Angeles and State of California,fhave invented rcertain new'and useful Improvements' inCooking Apparatus; and I hereby `.declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had -to the ac companying drawings, which form 'part of This invention is a novel improvementvin cookingl machines of the type' shown in -my Patent #1,182,832 -of May- 9, 1916; such machines,l in general, comprisingy a tank adapted to be heated by hot water orsteam, and a spiral canway'in the tank along which `the cans are moved lby means of pusher bars connectedy with endless chainsythe' cans 4being fed into the canway byrmeans ofsuitable devices at thefeeding point, and discharged from the canway through an open- Iing in one end ofthe tank and adjacent one of thek bends ofthe canway. v

As shown in Amy said patent the-tank-is Yprovided with -alargeopening at the dis# 'charge end, said opening being closed by a vseriesof removable gates, any of which gates rmay be `detached toenable the cans-l to be discharged throughfthe opening left thereby. C The'objectfof the present" invention is to dispense with such a series of removable gates and enable' the' opening to be Vclosed by a removable plate provided with a single discharge port through which the cans are discharged from the tank; the port being formed in theA plate at Asuch point therein thatwhen such-plate `is fastened to the tank to vclose the largel opening therein, the discharge port in the plate will" come opposite thatlrun of the canwayfrorn which it is vd esiredthel cans shall be discharged.

By this invention thetanks may be made with one standard size large opening, and

the length of travel yof the cans through the -tank or cooking chamber is determined byk `the location vof the port in the plate employed for closing said opening.

If desired a series of interchangeable plates may-be provided each adapted to close specificati@ of Letters-Patent.

lCOOKING APPARATUS.

Patented Jan.1,1918.

Application iled` March 22, 1.917.' Serial No.7156,751.

the opening in the tank, the respective plates having the dischargeports therein located atv different points in the lengths of the plates, so thatV by removing one plate and substituting another the point of discharge lof the cans from thecanway can be changed, and the length or time of travel of cans in` form distance. f

The word can as used herein is intended to cover all kinds of receptacles or packages that may be operatively handled in or treated by apparatus of the general character specified.

II will explain the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

, v Figure 1 is a partial end elevation of a cooker such as shown in my said patent, but

lprovidedy with a novel plate for closing the end opening therein.

-`Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line y2-2 Fig.. lflooking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section onl 'Figa 6 is an enlarged left hand end view 'of such closing plate. f l

'1?' is a view of another closing plate interchangeable with the plate shown in Fi S'. 4 i306.

' ls indicated in the drawings the cooking lmachine' preferably comprises a tank or cooking chamber 1 in which is arranged a flattened spiral canway 1, along which the Vexterior to the tank, aforesaid parts Fig. 5 is a top plan View of said closing plate.

discharge opening for the escape of cans at the plate when in position, and means ati different points; and a removable plate for cached t0 the upper edge of the plate and Closing said opening having an extension on adapted to engage opposed members on the 10 one end whereby when the plate is inserted cooker to secure the plate in position.

in the opening a port is left for the escape In testimony that I claim the foregoing as of cans at one point only; with means on my own I ax my signature.

the Cooker for retaining the lower edge of JOHN S. BAKER.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

